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same, not inverted, on the line a: m in Fig. 1;

- UNITED sum PATENT OFFICE cAR-couPuNe.

sPEoIFicA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,598, dated May 29, 188a.

Applicationfiled January 24,1883. (No model.) i l To all whom it may concern y p Be it known that I, JACOB RHULE, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDraft and Draw-Head Attachments 'for'Railway-Oars, of which the l T following is a*full,clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a special construction of a metallic draft device, and combination of thessame with the bolster and longitudinal timbers of the base or lower frame of the car-body; likewisein a peculiar construction of the draw-head connected with the fixeddraft device, and combination therewith of springs to resist both push and pull; and in a reversible coupling-pin.

- By said invention much timber is saved in theconstructiomof the draft, a stronger draft.

attachment is obtained, labor iseconomized in making the attachment, and the whole draftconnection is cheaper'and more durable; also, follower-plates may bedispensed with for the l springs, as.likewise a large number of bolts, .cars may be coupled while standing without lower frame, in part, of a railway-car body.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionof the and Fig. 3, a side view, upon a larger scale, of the draw-head with its attached draft-pin,

A A in the drawings indicate the usual four intermediate longitudinal timbers of the lower frame or base-piece of a railway-car body; B

B, the usual bolsters, and G the usual rail at either end of said frame. g

D is a fixed metallic draft device applied to either end of the car-body or lower frame thereof. This device is formed in part of a plate or strip bent to form a front turned-down portion, 0, laterally-spreading horizontal portions c c, and downwardly-turned rear end flanges, d cl, the whole forming an angular brace, converging in front. This fixed angular draft device isconstructed with a metal lining, e, of

like width and thickness, or thereabont, applied to the turned-down portion 5 of it,"to give it increased strength, and is" secured by bolts or screwsf through its horizontal portions 0 c and end flanges, d d, to all four intermediate 'JAooB BHULE, or PITTSB'URG, rnnnsrnvanrn, ASSIGNOR or ONEH'ALF v l To JOHN HERMAN JANTZEN, or SAME PLACEI longitudinal timbers, A A, and eitherbolster B, whereby much greater security and strength are obtained.

E is the draw-head, which is or may be the same at either end of the car. This draw-head T is constructed without a shield, and with open sides and mouth, and with a metal lining, .g', in its mouth, bent or folded over in the rear to give shape andlimit to the mouth and strength to the draw-head generally. Itis also further stiffened by a connecting pin or brace, h, in

rearof the lining g. Said draw-head E is supported by a strap, F, on the end rail of the frame, and is free to move back and forth, subject to the control of springs t is, arranged around a draft-pin, t, that freely passes through the back end of the draw-head, and through the front portion, I), of the draftdevice D. One of these sp'ringst k is arranged back of the forward portion, 1), of the draft device, and rests at its inner end against a collar or washer, m, on the draft-bar I, that is restrained by a similarcollar or washer, m, on its outer end in advance of the portion 11 of the draft device D. This springt' serves to resist pull on the sliding draw-head 'E, and the spring It to resist push thereon. By this arrangement but two springs are necessary, and followers, as also buffers, may be dispensed with, and the cars may be coupledwhile standing without endangering the fingers of theoperator.

G is the coupling-pin, arranged, as usual, to pass through apertnres in the mouthend of the draw;head to engage with the coupling' link H. This coupling-pin is made of sufficient length, and with a collar orswell, n, in

and reversible-coupling-pin taking much less metal than separate pins do.

Havingthus fully described myinvention,l-

claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination, with the intermediate longitudinal timbers, A, and bolster B, near either end of the base-piece or lower frame of thecar-body, of the bentangular metallic draft device D, having a-turned-down forward portion, b, laterally-spreading horizontal portions 0 c, and turned-down rear end flanges, d cl, for attachment to said intermediate timbers and bolster, substantially as specified.

2. The angnlardraft device D, bent and constructed to converge in front, and having a forward turned-down portion, 1), in combination with the metallic lining 6, applied thereto, es-

sentially as described.

3. The combination, with a draw-head having the cross-bolt h, of a doubled metallic lining, g, supported at the rear against said bolt and flared outwardlyin frontof the upper and 20 lower plates, as shown and described.

4. A car-coupling draw-bar having an upper and lower plate bent at the rear into rightangled lapping flanges connectedby the draftrod which passes through them, as shown and described. f l r 5. The reversible double coupling-pin G,having a collar or swell, n, intermediately of its length, for use substantially as specified.

6. The combination of the angular fixed metallic draft device D, the sliding draw-head E, the draft-bar Z, and the springs t'k, essentially as shown and described. 7

JACOB RHULE.

Witnesses: P. M. CUSHING, WILLI M MOORE. 

